It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother

There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.

Light is the task where many share the toil.